God's delight

My world was rocked today by the scriptures. I sat and wondered if I could have the confidence to repeat the words David said in Psalm 18.

In the midst of Saul's pursuit of David, this psalm was written. As you near the end the of psalm, you see how David says that God alone was his support. He was brought out to a broad place and rescued because God delighted in him.

Now, I have heard many times that I am God's delight. Ephesians 2:10 says that we are God's workmanship. Workmanship is the word "poema", so in essence we are God's poem. But this was the first time I'd read (and it clicked) that David was confident enough to say; "Yeah, God rescued me because he delight in me."

I am on my way out of a pretty dark and trying season. I hit a very dark place where I just kinda gave up and had to depend on other believers to come alongside me and help me and for God to be my strength. However, as I read that passage, I realized that I couldn't say that I was rescued from this season BECAUSE God delighted in me. How I so want to be that intimate with the Lord that I know he delights in me to that degree!

So anyway, I was just blown away and gave me even deeper things to press into during this time. As I grow in my confidence in Christ, my identity and belonging with the Father; I also want to passionately pursue and meet with God that I can boldly say that I am the delight of God!